This condition sucks - I have to take medicine everyday to prevent me from clawing myself to death - mine's so severe that if I forget to take it once a day the itching is unbearable. To those who think it would be neat to write on your own skin, be careful what you wish for. I'm glad she found a creative outlet, but I hope mine goes away. My dr. prescribed a histimine 1 and 2 blocker (Zantac and Zyrtic) and as long as I take it I'm OK. Yes - Zantac is for stomach acid but it's still a histimine blocker and it really does work!